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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Vaccinium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Vaccinium

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Ericales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Ericineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.       Familia  Ericaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Heaths, Heathers       Subfamilia  Vaccinioideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 118. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Vaccinieae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(3): 203. Jul-Dec 1831.       Subtribus  Vacciniinae Klotzsch pub. Monatsber. K�nigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1857: 4. Jan 1       Genus  Vaccinium L. pub. (1753) common name: blueberry

Named members of the Genus Vaccinium

1	Species  alaskense T.J. Howell syn. Vaccinium ovalifolium
2	Species  altomontanum Ashe syn. Vaccinium pallidum
3	Species  amoenum Ait. syn. Vaccinium virgatum
4	Species  angustifolium Ait. common name: lowbush blueberry
	5    Varietas  hypolasium Fern. syn. Vaccinium angustifolium 6    Varietas  laevifolium House syn. Vaccinium angustifolium 7    Varietas  myrtilloides (Michx.) House syn. Vaccinium myrtilloides 8    Varietas  nigrum (Wood) Dole syn. Vaccinium angustifolium
9	Species  arboreum Marsh.
	10    Varietas  glaucescens (Greene) Sarg. syn. Vaccinium arboreum
11	Species  arbuscula (Gray) Merriam syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum
12	Species  arkansanum Ashe syn. Vaccinium fuscatum
13	Species  ashei Rehd. syn. Vaccinium virgatum common name: rabbit eye blueberry
14	Species  atrococcum (Gray) Heller syn. Vaccinium fuscatum common name: black high bush blueberry
15	Species  australe Small syn. Vaccinium formosum
16	Species  berberidifolium (Gray) Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium reticulatum
17	Species  boreale Hall & Aalders common name: northern blueberry
18	Species  brittonii Porter ex Bickn. syn. Vaccinium angustifolium common name: lowbush blueberry, huckleberry
19	Species  caesariense Mackenzie common name: New Jersey blueberry
20	Species  caesium Greene syn. Vaccinium stamineum
21	Species  caespitosum Michx. common name: dwarf blueberry
	22    Varietas  arbuscula Gray syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum 23    Varietas  caespitosum common name: dwarf bilberry 24    Varietas  paludicola (Camp) Hult�n common name: dwarf bilberry
25	Species  calycinum Sm.
	26    Varietas  montanum (Wawra) Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium calycinum
27	Species  canadense Kalm ex A. Rich. syn. Vaccinium myrtilloides common name: Canadian blueberry
28	Species  cespitosum Michx.
	29    Varietas  arbuscula Gray [orthographic variant] syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. paludicola 30    Varietas  cespitosum Michx. [orthographic variant] syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum 31    Varietas  paludicola (Camp) Hult�n [orthographic variant] syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. paludicola
32	Species  coccineum Piper syn. Vaccinium membranaceum
33	Species  constablaei Gray syn. Vaccinium corymbosum
34	Species  corymbosum L. common name: high bush blueberry, swamp blueberry
	35    Varietas  albiflorum (Hook.) Fern. syn. Vaccinium corymbosum 36    Varietas  amoenum (Ait.) Gray syn. Vaccinium virgatum 37    Varietas  atrococcum Gray syn. Vaccinium fuscatum 38    Varietas  glabrum Gray syn. Vaccinium corymbosum 39    Varietas  pallidum (Ait.) Gray syn. Vaccinium pallidum
40	Species  crassifolium Andr. common name: creeping blueberry
	41    Subspecies  crassifolium common name: creeping blueberry 42    Subspecies  sempervirens (Rayner & Henderson) W.B. Kirkman & J.R. common name: creeping blueberry
43	Species  darrowii Camp common name: Darrow's blueberry
44	Species  deliciosum Piper common name: Cascade bilberry
45	Species  dentatum Sm.
	46    Varietas  argutidens Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium dentatum 47    Varietas  lanceolatum (Gray) Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium dentatum 48    Varietas  minutifolium Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium calycinum
49	Species  elliottii Chapman common name: Elliott's blueberry
50	Species  erythrocarpum Michx. common name: southern mountain cranberry
51	Species  formosum Andr. common name: southern blueberry
52	Species  fuscatum Ait. common name: black highbush blueberry
53	Species  geminiflorum Kunth common name: Mexican blueberry
54	Species  globulare Rydb. syn. Vaccinium membranaceum
55	Species  hirsutum Buckl. common name: hairy blueberry
56	Species  lamarckii Camp syn. Vaccinium angustifolium
57	Species  macrocarpon Ait. common name: cranberry
58	Species  melanocarpum (C. Mohr) C. Mohr ex Kearney syn. Vaccinium stamineum common name: Georgia blueberry
59	Species  membranaceum Dougl. ex Torr. common name: mountain blueberry
	60    Varietas  rigidum (Hook.) Fern. syn. Vaccinium membranaceum
61	Species  microcarpos (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh. syn. Vaccinium oxycoccos
62	Species  mucronatum L. syn. Nemopanthus mucronatus
63	Species  myrsinites Lam.
	64    Varietas  glaucum Gray syn. Vaccinium darrowii
65	Species  myrtilloides Michx. common name: sourtop blueberry, velvet-leaf blueberry
66	Species  myrtillus L. common name: blaeberry, whortleberry, Lus an Deare  (Gaelic), bilberry, whinberry
	67    Subspecies  oreophilum (Rydb.) A.& D. L�ve & Kapoor syn. Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum 68    Varietas  oreophilum (Rydb.) Dorn common name: whortleberry
69	Species  neglectum (Small) Fern. syn. Vaccinium stamineum
70	Species  nigrum (Wood) Britt. syn. Vaccinium angustifolium
71	Species  nitidum Andr. syn. Vaccinium myrsinites
72	Species  nivictum Camp syn. Vaccinium caespitosum var. paludicola
73	Species  occidentale Gray syn. Vaccinium uliginosum
74	Species  oreophilum Rydb. syn. Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum
75	Species  ovalifolium Sm. common name: oval-leaf blueberry
76	Species  ovatum Pursh common name: western blueberry
	77    Varietas  saporosum Jepson syn. Vaccinium ovatum
78	Species  oxycoccos L. common name: small cranberry, marsh whortleberry
	79    Varietas  intermedium Gray syn. Vaccinium oxycoccos 80    Varietas  microphyllum (Lange) Rouss. & Raymond syn. Vaccinium oxycoccos 81    Varietas  ovalifolium Michx. syn. Vaccinium oxycoccos
82	Species  pahalae Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium reticulatum
83	Species  pallidum Ait. common name: Blue Ridge blueberry
84	Species  parviflorum Gray syn. Vaccinium virgatum
85	Species  parvifolium Sm. common name: red huckleberry
86	Species  peleanum Skottsberg syn. Vaccinium reticulatum
87	Species  racemosum (Vahl) Wilbur & Luteyn syn. Symphysia racemosa
88	Species  reticulatum Sm. common name: ohelo 'ai  (Hawaii)
89	Species  scoparium Leib. ex Coville common name: grouse whortleberry
90	Species  sempervirens Rayner & Henderson syn. Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
91	Species  simulatum Small common name: upland highbush blueberry
92	Species  stamineum L.
	93    Varietas  candicans (Small) C. Mohr syn. Vaccinium stamineum 94    Varietas  interius (Ashe) Palmer & Steyermark syn. Vaccinium stamineum 95    Varietas  melanocarpum C. Mohr syn. Vaccinium stamineum 96    Varietas  neglectum (Small) Deam syn. Vaccinium stamineum 97    Varietas  sericeum C. Mohr syn. Vaccinium simulatum
98	Species  tenellum Ait. common name: small black blueberry
99	Species  uliginosum L. common name: great bilberry, bog whortleberry
	100    Subspecies  alpinum (Bigelow) Hult�n syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 101    Varietas  alpinum Bigelow syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 102    Subspecies  gaultherioides (Bigelow) S.B. Young syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 103    Subspecies  microphyllum Lange syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 104    Subspecies  occidentale (Gray) Hult�n syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 105    Varietas  occidentale (Gray) Hara syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 106    Subspecies  pedris (Harshberger) S.B. Young syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 107    Subspecies  pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S.B. Young syn. Vaccinium uliginosum 108    Varietas  salicinum (Cham.) Hult�n syn. Vaccinium uliginosum
109	Species  vacillans Kalm ex Torr. common name: dry-land blueberry
	110    Varietas  crinitum Fern. syn. Vaccinium pallidum 111    Varietas  missouriense Ashe syn. Vaccinium pallidum
112	Species  virgatum Ait. common name: southern high bush blueberry
	113    Varietas  ozarkense Ashe syn. Vaccinium virgatum 114    Varietas  speciosum Palmer syn. Vaccinium virgatum
115	Species  viride Ashe syn. Vaccinium pallidum
116	Species  vitis-idaea L. common name: mountain cranberry, lingonberry, cowberry, red whortleberry
	117    Subspecies  minus (Lodd.) Hult�n common name: northern mountain cranberry 118    Varietas  minus Lodd. syn. Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus 119    Varietas  punctatum Moench syn. Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus
120	Species  x atlanticum Bickn. (pro sp.)
121	Species  x carolinianum Ashe (pro sp.)
122	Species  x dobbinii Burnham (pro sp.)
123	Species  x margarettiae Ashe (pro sp.)
124	Species  x marianum S. Wats. (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.